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Ruminations on Worry: Issues Related to the Study of an Elusive Construct

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posted on 2023-05-16, 10:45 authored by Davis, M, Montgomery, IM
This review outlines the main theoretical and methodological issues relating to worry. The relationship of worry to anxiety and problem solving is discussed. Three models of worry are described: attention bias (Mathews, 1990), fear avoidance (Borkovec, Shadick, and Hopkins, 1991), and Tallis and Eysenck's (1994) stage model. Worry's proposed role in inhibiting emotional processing is discussed, and unresolved methodological and theoretical issues are considered. It is concluded that worry is elusive and difficult to study but greater understanding of worry is necessary.

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Publication title

Behaviour Change

Volume

14

Issue

4

Pagination

193-199

ISSN

0813-4839

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Australian Academic Press

Place of publication

Bowen Hills, Qld

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in human society

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